Tag: Children’s Literature
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 17: How the Balloon was Launched
For three days Dorothy heard nothing from Oz. These were sad days for the little girl, although her friends were all quite happy and contented. The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself. When…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 13: Snow-White; Rose-Red
Just before Thanksgiving the affairs of the Simpsons reached what might have been called a crisis, even in their family, which had been born and reared in a state of adventurous poverty and perilous uncertainty. Riverboro was doing its best to return the entire tribe of Simpsons to the land of its fathers, so to…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
Next morning the Scarecrow said to his friends: “Congratulate me. I am going to Oz to get my brains at last. When I return I shall be as other men are.” “I have always liked you as you were,” said Dorothy simply. “It is kind of you to like a Scarecrow,” he replied. “But surely…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 15: The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
The four travelers walked up to the great gate of Emerald City and rang the bell. After ringing several times, it was opened by the same Guardian of the Gates they had met before. “What! are you back again?” he asked, in surprise. “Do you not see us?” answered the Scarecrow. “But I thought you…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 14: The Winged Monkeys
You will remember there was no road–not even a pathway–between the castle of the Wicked Witch and the Emerald City. When the four travelers went in search of the Witch she had seen them coming, and so sent the Winged Monkeys to bring them to her. It was much harder to find their way back…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 13: The Rescue
The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free. They went in together to the castle, where Dorothy’s first act was to call all the Winkies together and tell them…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 12: The Search for the Wicked Witch
The soldier with the green whiskers led them through the streets of the Emerald City until they reached the room where the Guardian of the Gates lived. This officer unlocked their spectacles and put them back in his great box, and then he politely opened the gate for our friends. “Which road leads to the…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 11: The Emerald City of Oz
Even with their eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City. The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds. They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 10: The Guardian of the Gates
It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance; but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very glad to find himself still alive. “I ran as fast as I could,” he said, sitting…
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Chapter 9: The Queen of the Field Mice
“We cannot be far from the road of yellow brick, now,” remarked the Scarecrow, as he stood beside the girl, “for we have come nearly as far as the river carried us.” The Tin Woodman was about to reply when he heard a low growl, and turning his head (which worked beautifully on hinges) he…